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R. W. STEPHENS. CAKE TURNER PatentedApr, 14,1891.

RANDALL \V. STEPHENS, OF HONESDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO IVILLIAM D. MUIR, OF SAME PLACE.

CAKE-TURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 450,536, dated April 14, 1891.

Application filed January 1'7, 1891. Serial No. 378,126. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RANDALL W. STEPHENS, a citizen of the United States, residingat I-Ionesdale, in the county of IVayne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Cake-Turner, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cake-turners; and the objects in view are to provide a convenient device for lifting and simultaneously turning the cake, in order that the same may brown upon the uncooked side.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a cake-turner constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2- is a perspective view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the turning-plate operated. Fig. is a transverse section.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates the cake lifting or turning plate, and to the same is secured the handle 2. The plate is formed of thin sheet metal, and the handle 2 of wire of sufficient size, the same being riveted to the plate. The upper end of the handle terminates in an enlarged head 3, and about its middle said handle is bent to form an elongated space or slot 4. A

piece of spring-wire of sufficient length is bent upon itself to form a coil or eye 5, which loosely receives the upper end of the handle immediately below its head and forms a bearing for the handle. It is then laterally bent a short distance, and then the two terminals are bent at a right angle and disposed parallel to the handle, forming opposite side bars 6. One terminal passes through the inclined slot or space at and terminates slightly beyond the same, said terminal being designed to ride within the slot. The opposite terminal, after forming the side bar, is opposite the slotted crank-arm of the handle, coiled to form a finger-receiving loop 7, after which it is coiled about the handle immediately in rear of the slotted crank and beyond the same opposite the crank and over upon itself toform a transverse guide 8.

This completes the construction of the device, and its operation is as follows: The index-finger of the operator is inserted in the loop 7 and the opposite side bars are grasped by the hand, the thumb of said hand resting upon the outside of the resilient springterminal that passes through the slot of the crank of the handle, The edge of the plate is inserted under the cake in the usual manner and the latter lifted above the bottom of the skillet. The thumb is now employed to press upon the spring-terminal, and the same, being guided by the transverse guide 8, rides down the side of the slot of the crank of the handle and consequently oscillates said handle, giving the plate a partial turn. This turn senves to invert the lifter and throw the cake face 'down upon the skillet. cakes may be rapidly and easily turned.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a cake-turner, the combination, with the lifting-plate and its handle, the latter provided with a slotted crank, of a wire frame mounted upon the handle and having aspringterminal engaging the crank, and bearings for said handle, substantially as specified.

2. In a cake-turner, the combination, with the lifting-plate and its handle, the latter formed of wire terminating at its upper end in a head and intermediate its ends bent to form a slotted crank, of the wire frame consisting of a piece of wire bent between its ends to form an upper bearing to reoeit e the handle below its head and having its terminals bent parallel to the handle to form embracing side bars, one of said side bars terminating in the slot of the crank and the remaining side bar bent to form a finger-receiving loop, then coiled to form a bearingeye for the handle and extended opposite the crank-arm around the crank-operating terminal and bent upon itself to form a transverse guide, substantially as specified.

3. In a cake-turner, the lifting-plate having its handle provided with a bend or crank, and a spring-actuated wire mounted on the handle and having its terminal engaging the bend or crank, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RAND ALL I. STEPHENS.

Witnesses:

WM. D. More, Il'ARaY MUIR.

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